Rich MOMents

...and we may have reached a new milestone! "GuangGuang, you are going to take a nap. Mommy is going to clean the kitchen." Then w...

Picked the first zucchini of the season today. And made my favorite zucchini recipe. "Recipe?" Not really. But it's what my da...

You know it's a winner when EVERYBODY asks for seconds! (Except GG...but he ate "firsts"...which was a first for anything GREE...

My meal included Green Beans and Sausage and for dessert I made a dressing for the strawberries that I cut. Everyone enjoyed the meal and i...

Imagine my surprise to return from China and find gorgeous mustard greens growing on top of my compost pile. I'm not sure how it happ...

My friend, Lisa, is a genius at organization. I, on the other hand, am pathetic. But good at stealing , coveting , admiring other people...

Introductory note from Mom: This summer, both Lizzi and Anakin are cooking one meal/week. Here is Lizzi's first... I found this recipe i...

Friday night, the kids and I ate a "normal" meal while Dh worked outside. A bit later, we popped a pizza into the oven for a gradu...

We Skyped with the foster family. Unplanned. No translator needed. This morning I again awoke around 5am. In the midst of attempting to catc...

We attended Lizzi's 8th grade graduation last night. We sat on the edge of the crowd, but GG seemed fairly unfazed by all the commotion....

Who woulda guessed that one pair of boots had so much power? Last week my friend Jennifer loaned me some clothes for GG. In one bag was a pa...

Let’s see…now where were we? And why haven’t I written in 3 days? Oh, yeah…I’m too busy to sit at the computer but a tad bored, all at the s...

I decided to go ahead and post this for a variety of reason... I think it's good for people to see how much Chinese foster families lov...

#1 pain: As of last night, my lower back feels like it's gonna give out. I am in pain. Not sure what to do about it other than baby it f...